---------------------<snip>----------------------- > Owe something to LISP? Not even close, IMHO. LISP has often been (correctly) described > as parenthesis h**l. I believe its adherents refer to it as a "functional" language (i.e., every frellin' > thing you do is a function, requiring arguments in parentheses!).
I had heard that LISP caused a worldwide shortage of parentheses that lasted for more than a decade. :-) -------------------<unsnip>----------------------- When I first played with it. I was told that LISP stood for "Lots of Insipid Stupid Parentheses" <G> --- [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses by the YourNet Connection Virus system] [For more information, please go to http://www.ync.net/YourMAIL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
